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What has God grown in you this year? As the year comes to a close, it can be easy to focus on what remains unfinished, what didn’t go as planned, or where you wish you had grown more. But reflecting on your year through the lens of faith can help you recognize the spiritual growth, lessons, answered prayers, strengthened relationships, and deeper trust in God that may have developed along the way.

God often grows something meaningful in us through ordinary days, difficult seasons, waiting, disappointment, and unexpected opportunities. Like gathering a harvest, taking time to look back can reveal how God has been shaping your character and drawing you closer to Him. Reflecting on His faithfulness can help you celebrate progress you may have overlooked, give thanks for what He has taught you, and carry those lessons into the year ahead with greater faith and purpose.

Highlights

• How to recognize the spiritual growth God has cultivated in your life this year

• Why we can overlook meaningful growth when we focus only on what remains unfinished

• How difficult seasons, waiting, and disappointment can produce lasting spiritual lessons

• Practical ways to reflect on answered prayers, changed priorities, and deeper faith

• Why remembering God’s faithfulness can strengthen gratitude and hope for the future

• How to gather the lessons God has grown in you rather than simply moving on to the next season

• Encouragement to look back with gratitude and trust God with what He will grow next

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Gathering What God Grew in You This Year

By Melinda Eye Cooper

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